Friday Habs Headlines: Carey Price expected to participate in training camp

Montreal Canadiens news and notes

• Carey Price is expected to be ready for training camp despite undergoing offseason knee surgery. [Sportsnet]
• Dominique Ducharme was “never nervous” about the possibility of the Seattle Kraken selecting Price in the expansion draft. [NHL.com]
• Ducharme also struck a positive tone about the retooled Habs team, as well as Jonathan Drouin. [Montreal Gazette]
• What can past examples tell us about whether last year’s Habs were a fluke? [TSN]
• Profiling Minnesota native Rhett Pitlick, embarking on his freshman year at the University of Minnesota. [GopherSports.com]
• Montreal players pose with their dogs on International Dog Day. [Cult MTL]

Around the league and elsewhere

• After the first round of cuts, Ève Gascon remains on the Gatineau Olympiques roster. [Journal de Montreal]
• The Philadelphia Flyers signed Sean Couturier to an 8 year contract with a $7.75 million AAV. [TSN]
• The Carolina Hurricanes signed Andrei Svechnikov to the same 8 year/$7.75 million AAV contract. [TSN]
• Three years after retiring, Ann-Renée Desbiens is back and looking to help Canada win world championship gold for the first time in nearly a decade. [Sportsnet]
• Truro, Nova Scotia will host the first stop of the PWHPA’s 2021-22 Secret Dream Gap tour. [Sportsnet]
• It’s still unclear whether NHLers will attend the 2022 Winter Olympics, but a few are currently participating in qualifying for that tournament. [The Hockey News]